A passage in the 2016 federal budget, inserted by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, forbids the Fish and Wildlife Service from moving cattle off Chirikof and Wosnesenski islands in the Alaska Maritime National ...

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wild cattle Environment ... Murkowski halts federal work toward removal of feral cattle from Aleutian islands. Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016 at 21:29 0 Comments.

The first time I sailed Alaska’s ocean-going ferry Tustumena on its Aleutian run, I met a prospector. He said his name was Tommy. In his 60s, ... and wild cattle.

Wosnesenski and Chirikof Islands, southwest of Kodiak Island, had approximately 1,000 cattle at the time, formerly domesticated, now mostly wild, that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was trying ...

Wildlife officials in Newfoundland and Labrador confirmed Wednesday that wild mink have been found with Aleutian disease, the same strain that has plagued the farmed fur industry.